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Volume XI
LOUISBURG, COLLEGE, LOUISBURG, N. C., DECEMBER 14, 1951
Number 3
DRAMATIC CLUB
TO PRESENT PLAY
Comedy-Drama To Be
Given On January 10th
THE THREAD OF DESTINY,
by Linsey Barbee, will be present
ed by the Louisburg College Dra
matic club on Tuesday, January 10.
The comedy-drama in three acts
takes place between 1861 and 1864
on a Virginia plantation.
Miss Ruth Merritt will direct
the production, the regular first
semester activity of the club.
Appearing in the play will be
the following: Colonel Montgom
ery, Bill Pierce; Mrs. Montgomery,
Janie Harrison; Virginia, Margaret
Armstrong; Betty, Patricia Monk;
Beverly, Tlltelbert Whitt; Edith,
Phyllis Bailey; Sally Ann, Miriam
Turner; Laura Lee, Wilda Faye
Johnson; Tom, Edwin Driver;
John, Don Jaekel; Dinah, Marie
Marie Inscoe; Peyton, W. D. Mor-
lissette; Billy, Marvin Jordan;
Ralph, Willis Goodrum; and
Union Scout, Paul Bunn.
The characters of Susan, Martha,
and Jane have not been definitely
assigned.
Mrs. Pearce Attends
Dieticians Meeting
Mrs. Joe Pearce, Louisburg Col
lege dietician, attended the annual
meeting of the North Carolina
Home Economics Association held
at the Washington Duke Hotel,
Durham, November 30 and Decem
ber 1. President of the association
is Mrs. Eugenia P. Van Landing
ham of Tarboro.
The theme of the meeting was
“The Role of the Home Economist
in the World of Today.” Highlight
ing the Friday morning session
was an address given by E. Z.
Jones, director of the North Car
olina Council of Civil Defense. In
connection with his informative
address, Mr.’ Jones showed a mov
ing picture of action to be taken
if an atomic attack should occur
Business matters dominated the
Saturday meeting, and the associa
tion concluded their session by at
tending the Christmas program,
“The Star of Bethlehem”, at the
Morehead Planetarium, Chapel
Hill.
“Be Like Children”
Students Advised
In Chapel Program
“Unless you change and become
like little children you will never
enter the kingdom of heaven,”
was the Biblical passage used by
Mr. Brooks Waggoner in a chapel
talk on Tuesday, December 4, at
Louisburg College.
Jesus had the habit of turning
things backward from the con
temporary adult way of thinking
to thinking as children. As an ex
ample, Mr. Waggoner quoted
Christ’s saying, “In order to be
saved, you must be born again.”
Mr. Waggoner stated further that
one must humble himself or he
will never get to the kingdom of
heaven.
“Childhood is the key to citi
zenship in heaven, but what do
children have that adults often
lose and must regain?” asked Mr.
Waggoner. Some of the virtues of
childreh listed by him were: imag
ination, ability to forgive and for
get—having no grudges, no preju
dices or hatred—deing democrats;
and having . faith—trujtiag and
having complete confidence in
their parents although they are
sometimes disappointed. These
simple characteristics are ones
that are lost after they have ac
quired more knowledge from the
older generation.
Mr. Waggoner’s concluding illus
tration in the importance of child
hood was that the wise men, of
whom we sing songs and read
during the Christmas season, have
lived so vividly in Christmas his
tory probably only because they
made the long journey to the
manger of the baby, Jesus.
French and Spanish Students Are Given
Language Tea Party by Dr. Biumenfeid
Honor Roll
Corrections
Christmas Holidays
A special feature of plans for
the students before the beginning
of the holidays will be the Christ
mas dinner which will be held in
the cafeteria on Wednesday, Dec
ember 19 at five o’clock.
It is also understood that stu
dents will participate in carol
singing prior to their departure
from the college. Other plans for
organizations were not immediat
ly learned.
Students Hear Talk
By New Minister
“The greatest danger of the
world today is that people are too
tolerant,” was the thought con
veyed by the Reverend Ernest R.
Clegg, newly appointed pastor of
the Louisburg Methodist church.
Mr. Clegg spoke to the Louisburg
College students during the chapel
session on Tuesday, November 27.
Mr. Clegg stated that many peo
ple are ashamed to get excited
over a living God and that our
faith is hampered by timid up
holders of it. He said that too
many people do nothing about
what they profess to believe.
The commandment, “Thou shalt
not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain,” was the scrip
ture used by Mr. Clegg. “The worst
blasphemers are the people who
practice their religion in lip serv
ice only, not the people who reject
His name. Danger lies in taking
religion meaningless,” continued
Mr. Clegg.
The speaker concluded by say
ing that when people only give
lip service to their religion they
are pretending and have no con
victions nor vision with which to
endure.
In the announcement of the
Louisburg College honorable men
tion honor roll students for the
mid-semester, six names were un
intentionally omitted. The COL
UMNS regrets this error and is
glad to call attention to the en
tire list again in this issue.
James Sidney Epperson was the
only student listed on the honor
roll. Epperson had a 3.51 average.
Honorable mention students,
those making an average between
2 and 2.5, were: (students are
listed in descending order of av
erages)
Eddie Lee Elks, Eloise Powell,
Marvin Baugh, Janie Harrison,
Joyce Boone, Phyllis Bailey, Bry
ant O. Baulkcum, Margaret Ann
Jackson, J. P. Harris, Inez Stall
ings, Bobby E. Godwin, Sam El
liott, Paul G. Bunn, Mary Leigh
Brantley, Horace Baker, and Han
nah Southerland.
Of Personal Interest
EDUCATION WEEK
IS OBSERVED HERE
by Lota Leigh Harrison
Eugene Turner spent seven days
at his home in Fayetteville be
cause of illness.
★ ★ ★
Miss Ruth Merritt accompanied
Emerson Spivey, Wallace Clayton,
Arnold Rogers, Harvey Tippett,
Basilo Hernandez, Gonzalo Concha-
do, Eli Atwell, Kenneth Keene,
and Haywood Usher on the “Blue
Goose” to attend the basketball
game between Louisburg College
and the N. C. State Freshmen on«
Saturday, December 1. It seems
that the boys could not use the
bus unless a faculty member ac
companied them; so in order to
keep the boys’ disappointed faces
from haunting her, Miss Merritt
went. (She corrected themes in
the ladies’ lounge during the sec
ond game!)
★ ★ ★
Rodolfo Mier y Teran spoke to
the local Rotary Club, Tuesday,
November 27, on the customs, in
dustries, government, historical
background, etc., of his native
Peru.
★ ★ ★
The following people attended
the Ice Capades held recently in
the State College Coliseum: Ar-
ald Rogers, Wallace Clayton, Bob
by McCullock, Mr. Pruette, Lota
Leigh Harrison, Rodolfo Mier y
Teran, Ed Driver, Bernice Lee,
Laura Lynn Horton, Dahlia Har
rison, Mary Leigh Brantley, and
Mrs. Warren.
★ ★ ★
Attending the play “Darkness
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Parlez-vous francats? or i Habla
Vd esanol? If you don’t speak eith
er of these languages, French or
Spanish, or are not ir^ the process
of learning to speak them, you
would have been in the wrong
place Wednesday, December 5, at
the meetings of the Circle Fran-
cais and of the Club Espanol in
Davis 209.
The party was given by Dr. Ann
Biumenfeid, professor of foreign
languages, for all of her students
of French and Spanish at Louis
burg College. The first and second
year French students were invited
at 3:30 and 4:00 p. m., respective
ly, and the students of Spanish
along with the Latin American
members of the student body were
invited at 4:30 p.m.
As entertainment for the
French group. Dr. Biumenfeid
played French records and the
group sang songs. The Spanish
students joined in singing with
Marvin Jordan playing the guit
ar.
Assisting in serving ice cream
and cookies were the students of
French Literature, Lota Leigh
Harrison, Jean Nunnamaker, and
June Tew. The guests left with
au revire and adios, and attempts
to say in their respective lang
uages that they had thoroughly
enjoyed the party.
The party room, which has re
cently been renovated by Dr.
Biumenfeid for her students, has
been set up as a laboratory and
will be used informally by stu
dents for formal and informal
occasions. The room is equipped
with reproductions of French and
Spanish paintings, a phonograph,
French and Spanish records, and
French and Spanish books and
periodicals.
If anyone hears any students
fluently conversing in an adopted
language, don’t be surprised, be
cause they will probably be get
ting ready for another sesion in
the lab.
—Phyllis Bailey
Ethics and Habits
Are More Important
Than Good Grades
Glee Club Presents
Thanksgiving Songs
A Thanksgiving theme highlight
ed the program of the Louisburg
College Glee Club which presented
a musical program on Tuesday,
November 9, during the chapel
session.
Acting as reader for the pro
gram was Sidney Epperson.
The following numbers were
sung: Come Holy Ghost, Pales
trina; The Green Cathedral, Carl
Hahn; Now Thank We All Our
God, Gruger Mendelssohn; Break
Forth Into Joy, Simper (soloist,
Virginia Bradsher).
The Glee Club, composed of 35
members, is under the direction
of Miss Sarah Foster. Joyce Boone
is the recently appointed accom
panist.
“We must consider a good code
of ethics and good personal habits
rather than making good grades,”
declared Superintendent of Frank-
in County Schools, Wiley F. Mit
chell, at the chapel program of
Louisburg College on Tuesday,
November 13.
In connection with the observ
ance of American Education Week,
Mr. Mitchell used as his topic,
“Education for the Understanding
and Building of Human Resourc
es”. He said that^ the major objec
tive of people today is seeking se
curity. The cause of insecurity is
that we are not considerate of
others. “The solution to the in
secure feeling is in abiding by the
Golden Rule”, he stated.
“As long as individual morals
remain at a low ebb—so will the
world, for all the troubles of the
world today originated with the
common man and woman. In con
firming his statement, Mr. Mitchell
said that the chief cause of many
troubles lie in the drinking of al
cohol. He mentioned that four-
fifths as much money as the
amount spent in the Franklin
County Schools budget was spent
for liquor in A.B.C. Stores of
Franklin County last month. Other
statistics show that one-third more
is spent for liquor each year .than
for education, and the known ha
bitual drunkards in the country
are about 87 per cent in excess of
the student enrollment of all the
institutions of higher learning.
“However, education is steadily
making progress,” stated Mr. Mit
chell. “The teachers of North Car
olina public schools are required
to have a certificate certified by
the State Department of Public
Instruction. They also must have
a batchelor’s degree and 19 pro
fessional hours asserting that they
are capable of the momentous
profession—teaching.”
Christmas Lights
Brighten Campus
The colorful Christmas lights
throughout the campus indicate
that Louisburg College is certain
ly aware that Christmas is almost
here. On the front lawn of the col
lege a large tree glows with the
many brilliant lights.
This tree is not the only out
ward indication of the college
Christmas spirit, for near the fam
ed Louisburg College columns are
two huge canes, wypped in red
and white. From the windows of
many of the rooms are reflections
of lights, from trees and other ar
rangements, all demonstrating that
the Yule season means much , to
the students at the college.